Kurt Weill

In the German songbook during the Weimar, including his collaborations with Brecht, Kurt Weill used elements of jazz as an expression of sensuality, but also as a satirical element.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

Your rendition of the Kurt Weill songbook is critically acclaimed - how does singing with a jazz orchestra change that experience?

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

If Kurt Weill were alive, he'd worship Ute Lemper.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

In the German songbook during the Weimar, including his collaborations with Brecht, Kurt Weill used elements of jazz as an expression of sensuality, but also as a satirical element.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

If Kurt Weill were alive, he'd worship Ute Lemper.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

He has starred in musicals from "The Who's Tommy" to Kurt Weill's "Lovemusik" to Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" and "Assassins," for which he won a Tony Award.

Sondheim, Shakespeare and Rock 'n' Roll Pia Catton 2012

Lynne Taylor-Corbett's new production for New York City Ballet of "The Seven Deadly Sins," Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's 1933 "ballet chanté," which tells the story of two Louisiana sisters' seven-year, seven-city American tour, came to the stage last Wednesday with two suitcases: The first, at the start of the work, was a nondescript item in teal blue; the second, at its end, was a Louis Vuitton piece in monogram-printed brown.

Seven Sins, Both Deadly and Dull Robert Greskovic 2011

Of all the details—and there are plenty—involved in Kurt Weill 's "The Seven Deadly Sins," the two most important when you're talking about the new production at New York City Ballet are these: Wendy Whelan is dancing, and Patti LuPone is singing.

Dancer's Dramatic Turn at City Ballet Pia Catton 2011

At the National Theatre, Sir Jonathan Miller revives his almost unbearably moving staged performance of the Bach St. Matthew Passion (Sept. 17-Oct. 2), while Kurt Weill's operatic "Street Scene" gets another welcome outing at the Young Vic (Sept. 15-Oct. 1).

Packing in the Performances 2011

A prolific entertainer, Lemper has recorded more than 30 albums, garnering her first hit with the 1987 debut Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011